Small Reads for Brighters Days
Photo: Midori Happy Valentine’s Day! Today, the Cybils winners are announced, so get ready to show some love for some great books! It was fun and educational to be a final round judge in Poetry this year. I’ve been a first-round judge several times before–totally different experiences! We had lots of lively discussions, and we […]
Yay! The Cybils First-Round Panelists have announced the finalists for each?category of these online book bloggers’ annual awards. I’m a Second-Round Judge in Poetry, and we are eagerly starting our discussions! Here are the Poetry Finalists: Cousins of Clouds: Elephant Poems Dear Hot Dog Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto […]
It's October, and you know what that means. What? You don't? It's CYBILS time, people! Time to nominate your favorite children's/young adult books, e-books, and book apps for a CYBILS award. Go here to read about the CYBILS and nominate books (one nominee per genre, and a book can only be nominated once). You have from […]
Yesterday, the Cybils were announced! A huge congratulations to all the winners–you can find the complete list of winning books here. It was a treat to be on the Poetry Panel, and I want to give a special shout-out to the winner in the Poetry category: Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verseby Marilyn Singer, […]
It was fun being on the Cybils panel again this year–and it was a surprise how many wonderful children’s poetry books I missed reading when they came out. We had little debates over how much to emphasize kid appeal (my vote was A LOT), whether the art should influence your ratings, and what makes a […]
It’s that time of year again! Get ready to start nominating your favorite children’s books this year, because CYBILS nominations open on October 1! I’m so excited about being on the Poetry Panel this year! I really missed it last year. I’m looking forward to discussing, debating, and, OK, maybe just a little bit of arguing with […]
What a Valentine’s Day treat! Yesterday, the winners of the 2010 Cybils Awards were announced, and it’s a sweet group. A special congratulations to Joyce Sidman (Red Sings from Treetops) and Liz Garton Scanlon (All the World) for their wins in the Poetry and Picture Book categories, respectively! The short lists in each category and […]
You’ve likely heard that the Cybils winners have been announced. But just in case… Presenting your 2009 Cybils winners: Poetry Honeybeewritten by Naomi Shihab NyeHarperCollins Honeybee is a hybrid of delicious poetry and lyrical prose poems on wide-ranging themes blending science and observation alongside personal memoir and political challenge. There are ideas buzzing here that […]
It was a pleasure being on the Cybils Poetry Panel again this year. Our job was to look at all the nominated books and narrow them down to a shortlist of 5 titles. It was quite a job, but what fun working with the other folks on the panel: Kelly Fineman of Writing and Ruminating (also […]
Today, I’m sharing poetry books from Candlewick Press that haven’t yet been nominated. On the Farm [Addendum: This book has now been nominated. Thanks!] Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers If you haven’t already nominated a book in the poetry category, please check out some books (these or others) and nominate one here. The deadline is […]
